St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-06
SALTWATER SCRAPS.
The Investigation of the Charges Against
Ex-Warden Reed.
THE NEW POSTAL BOXES.
Return of the Sabin PartY--The Circuit
Court Gonvenes To-Day--The Gen.
eral Local Grist.


prison yesterday, at which general
routine business was transacted and
matters relating TO the improvements
and repairs now going on were attended
to. The board have under consideration
the putting in of an electric light plant,
which will be done if the funds on hand
hold out. They will continue their
session to-day. Warden Stordock, who
has been quite i'll, is some better, and
was in his office again yesterday. The
committee appointed by the governor to
investigate matters relating to the man
agement of the prison, present and
paSt-generally known as the eX-War
den Reed investigating committeeman
be in session to-day. 1t consists of ii.
ii. Hart, Hon. III. X. Wells, of Preston;
Berry, of Winona. Ex-Warden Reed is
in the city, and has secured the services
of Fayette Marsh as counsel, and will
make stubborn fight to clear his good
name. The sessions of the committee
will be in the inspectors room. and it
is rumored that they are to be con-
Quoted in private.
THE FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
There were over forty mail boxes put
up yesterday for the convenience of the
public under the free delivery system,
situated at the following points: First
avenue and Burlington; Churchill and
Tenth Ovenue; Churchill and Third
street; Churchill and Sixth street;
Churchill and Everett; Anderson and
Greeley: Pine and Broadway: Pine and
Third; Pine and Fifth: Pine and Hol-
combe; Pine and Greeley; Olive
and Holcombe; Olive and Fifth;
Olive at MOsierS; Main street, Bean Il
Hersey'S mill, Omaha depot, opera
house, corner of Chestnut, corner of
Myrtle, eoruer of Mullbury, at states
prison, S. Il B. L. Co.'S store, at bridge
in Schuelenberg' addition, corner of
Second and Wilken, corner of Fourth
and Wilken, corner of Third and Laurel.
corner of Fifth and Laurel, corner of
Owen and Linden, corner of Fourth and
Myrtle, corner of Greeley and Myrtle,
corner of Third and Chestnut,
corner of Second and Commercial ave-
nue.; corner of Owen and Linden; cor
ner of Owen and Maple; corner of First
and Wilkin; corner of First and Bur-
lington; corner of Fourth avenue and
Burlington: corner of Churchill and
Sixth avenue; corner of Pine and Broad
way; corner of Locust and Broadway;
corner of Everett and Maple. With but
position, and those not wishing to go to
the postoffice will find it an easy matter
to drop their mail into some one of these
boxes, when it will be promptly cared
for by the carrier, who will see that it
gets to the pOstoffice the same day.
INTERESTING LOCAL MATTERS.
Hon. d. NJ. Sabin and wife. j. G..
O'Gorman and wife and their party ar
rived here to-day and report splendid
time, barring their delay from washouts
on the western division. The weather
was delightful while they were in the
national park and they were delighted
with the scenery. Among the gentle
men from abroad who returned with the
senator were Henry Hyde, of Boston:
W. Opdyke, of BriStO, Peet & Opdyke,
New York; A. w. Bates, of Worcester,
Mass, and Messrs. Crosby and Pope,
also of Boston. During the afternoon
they were shown around the city, and
viewed, among other things, the site of
the new union depot where operations
are now going on for the foundation.
The material is being rushed upon the
ground and the walls will be alive with
men in few days.
The adjourned regular term of the
district court will convene this morning
with Judge Crosby, of Hastings, upon
the bench. The petit jury, who were
excused until to-day, will be called
again and the regular calendar be re-
Sumed. There will be nothing but civil
cases tried. as the criminal docket was
cleared in May, and there will be no
grand jury empaneled until the regular
November term comes on. Judge Nc
Clure will also sit to-day in chambers
and will hear the motion of Judge
Flandrau, of the Minnesota Thresher
company, for the sale of the assets of
tle Northwest Manufacturing and Car
company, and the winding up of the re-
iyership.
j. f. ROney, who is soon to figure in a
divorce suit instituted by his wife re-
Gently, in which she charges the terri
bic crime of incest with Ida, his eldest
daughter, was ARE Sted yesterday and
arraigned in the municipal court on
charge of criminal assault upon his
younger daughter, aged about thirteen
years. He entered plea of not guilty,
and was held to the grand jury under
$1,000 bail, which was furnished by DR..
j. &. Rhodes.
A large crew of drivers were started
up river last evening. and will be fol-
lowed by more to-day, a number of ex-
perlenced lumbermen going up to take
charge. The gates of all the dams
will be opened on Friday, and, should
the rainy weather continue, they are
hopeful of making good drive The
water in the lake is on the rise, and
things begin to look more hopeful.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Prof. W. F. Gorrie, of Watertown,
Dak,, formerly superintendent of
schools of this city, passed the Sabbath
here visiting his Old-time friends. The
professor has recently been appointed
president of the First Normal school of
Dakota, located at Madison, for which
place he left yesterday afternoon.
Col. James McHale, special United
States inspector of customs, and Capt.
j. d. Wood, special postoffice inspector,
were both in the city yesterday. Capt.
Wood will take an extended trip over
land in the northwestern counties of
Wisconsin in the line of his official duty.
John Clark, prisoner in the peni-
Tertiary here. was taken to Winona yes
terday by Deputy Warden WeStby to
testify in a criminal case now on trial
in that city before the United States
district court.
DR.. p. II. Willard will be found at his
new office room over Mannheimer
block, st. Paul, in day or two.
The regular monthly meeting of the
city hospital board will occur at 2:3O ID.
III. to-day at the city hall.
Mrs. n. ii. Claff and family have re-
turned from an extended visit to Hud-
son.
Capt. w. G. Bronson returned yes
terday morning from Chicago.
Mrs. j. n. Castle returned from the
East on Tuesday.